Hospital team and alerts aim to reduce complications in starved kids
NCT ID NCT01081587
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether a special hospital team and computer alerts could help doctors and nurses follow best practices for caring for malnourished children. Over 1,400 children and hospital staff took part. The goal was to see if better adherence to guidelines would lead to fewer complications.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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1,457 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Oct 2009
- Finished
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Oct 2011
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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1 month to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * medical and surgical units in a large teaching hospital providing pediatric acute care. * any hospital staff with direct patient care who are affiliated with a single unit (includes physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, physiotherapists, dieticians. * all children recorded as malnourished at their entrance in hospital Exclusion Criteria: * neonatal and intensive care units. * any hospital staff with direct patient care who are not affiliated with a single unit. * age under one month, liver or kidney abnormalities, severe heart failure, stay less than 2 days.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL) - Hôpital Femme-Mère-Enfant
Bron, 69677, France
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